Kids electric ride-on
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Does anyone on here have a electric ride on 'car' for their child?
On the toylander build thread a 'Peg Perego' Gater was mention and having done some googling I am tempted by one of those or the two seat 24v quad bikes they do. One of our 3yo' friends has an £100 MX-611 ride on tractor, which is amazing for the money, but it feels like its one ride away from folding in to, and in me head having two seats seems a bonus. Presumably the build quality and overall strength of the Peg Pergo is better? Does anyone else have any recommendations?
https://www.pegperego.com/en_gb/toys/john-deere-ga...
https://www.pegperego.com/en_gb/toys/polaris-rzr-9...
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/tommy-toys-kids-ride-o...
The driver is currently 3yo. If she really takes to it I am well up for a 'toylander' tot rod style build when she is bigger, but time is precious and you can't do it all!
She has a Berg 'Buzzy' pedal car currently, but its really hard for her to make headway on it without me towing it, which I am very happy to do but it also takes away the autonomy from her and she gets frustrated that I don't pull it and or reverse exactly how she wants me to!
On the toylander build thread a 'Peg Perego' Gater was mention and having done some googling I am tempted by one of those or the two seat 24v quad bikes they do. One of our 3yo' friends has an £100 MX-611 ride on tractor, which is amazing for the money, but it feels like its one ride away from folding in to, and in me head having two seats seems a bonus. Presumably the build quality and overall strength of the Peg Pergo is better? Does anyone else have any recommendations?
https://www.pegperego.com/en_gb/toys/john-deere-ga...
https://www.pegperego.com/en_gb/toys/polaris-rzr-9...
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/tommy-toys-kids-ride-o...
The driver is currently 3yo. If she really takes to it I am well up for a 'toylander' tot rod style build when she is bigger, but time is precious and you can't do it all!
She has a Berg 'Buzzy' pedal car currently, but its really hard for her to make headway on it without me towing it, which I am very happy to do but it also takes away the autonomy from her and she gets frustrated that I don't pull it and or reverse exactly how she wants me to!
That Gator will happily last 10+ years without trying.
In laws bought one for my kids. Fortunately you can get replacement wheels if/when they wear the originals out... yup, they hated it.
Do think carefully before getting something like that though... the child it was originally bought for talked me into one of these last year:
I can count on my fingers the number of times I've been allowed to drive it!
In laws bought one for my kids. Fortunately you can get replacement wheels if/when they wear the originals out... yup, they hated it.
Do think carefully before getting something like that though... the child it was originally bought for talked me into one of these last year:
I can count on my fingers the number of times I've been allowed to drive it!
Agreed......tried one of the cheaper Chinese buggies and it was fairly useless.
You can pick up a cheaper Gator if you're lucky......often non-runners are just a battery that has been allowed to discharge too far or poor contacts on the gear shift switch from being left outside in the rain.
They do have good resale value, parts are readily available and they are pretty tough. You need a fairly big area for them as they are quite quick and steering lock isn't great.
Loads of fun had with ours and you can set the little one to work moving weeds for you as you garden!
Performance not so good in sticky snow......
You can pick up a cheaper Gator if you're lucky......often non-runners are just a battery that has been allowed to discharge too far or poor contacts on the gear shift switch from being left outside in the rain.
They do have good resale value, parts are readily available and they are pretty tough. You need a fairly big area for them as they are quite quick and steering lock isn't great.
Loads of fun had with ours and you can set the little one to work moving weeds for you as you garden!
Performance not so good in sticky snow......
We had a Gator - bought cheap as the battery didn’t work but you can easily retro a standard Yuasa into the fitting
Sold it for loads during covid, I’m sure you won’t lose much on it buying second hand
Kids loved it but you do need reasonable amount of off-road space, best not drive it on a road or public path
Sold it for loads during covid, I’m sure you won’t lose much on it buying second hand
Kids loved it but you do need reasonable amount of off-road space, best not drive it on a road or public path
Sounds like a good write up to me. Tough is good.
We have a reasonable garden/path/back drive which all links up so it should be ok.
Probably look at getting a Google condition working used one, rather than new or 'for repair' as a balance of cost and risk. Although I've quite sure I could clean up some contacts or retrofit a standard battery.
Anyone had the two seater buggy/quad type as a comparison?
We have a reasonable garden/path/back drive which all links up so it should be ok.
Probably look at getting a Google condition working used one, rather than new or 'for repair' as a balance of cost and risk. Although I've quite sure I could clean up some contacts or retrofit a standard battery.
Anyone had the two seater buggy/quad type as a comparison?
We have two and the 12v tractor with trailer as well. The kids love them. Our 2 year old happily drives about the garden in them.
I found the batteries don't last that well and an easy upgrade is to move them over to your usual green or yellow drill manufacturers. You can buy the parts on Amazon easily and they are instantly more usable. You will go through gearboxes if you leave it on 18v though. Plus the tractor will wheelie on 18v. Make sure you wire two batteries in to spread the load as well.
Caught the oldest 'surfing' on the bed of the gator the other day while the youngest was off roading through a flower bed in it. Lunatics.
I found the batteries don't last that well and an easy upgrade is to move them over to your usual green or yellow drill manufacturers. You can buy the parts on Amazon easily and they are instantly more usable. You will go through gearboxes if you leave it on 18v though. Plus the tractor will wheelie on 18v. Make sure you wire two batteries in to spread the load as well.
Caught the oldest 'surfing' on the bed of the gator the other day while the youngest was off roading through a flower bed in it. Lunatics.
Another vote for the John Deere Gator, although I wouldn't pay over £500 for one. However, it's main feature in my opinion is that it's a two seater. After 2.5 years, we "released" the second gear a couple of weeks ago and now the thing seems manic in comparison to the steady pace of the past two years! Recommend a second battery too.
MisanoPayments said:
However, it's main feature in my opinion is that it's a two seater.
Yeah this is my thoughts. More sociable and less fighting about whos in it when, even though so far shes an old child hopfully this summer we will really ramp up getting other parents around to ours etc now they are all really doing the friend thing, rather than just being happy with any old random for an hours soft play.Will review the battery situation but I am sure we can improve it if needed, see also sticking it on a decent 5-10A multistage charger.
How come the Gators are so much more popular than the quad-type version?
Peg Perego Polaris Ranger RZR 900
Bought for my grandchildren so not used much and is in very good condition. Includes 2 batteries and charger.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146442751552
Having watch it drop from £250 I've just secured this for £165 so hopefully a mild bargain.
dhutch said:
Peg Perego Polaris Ranger RZR 900
Bought for my grandchildren so not used much and is in very good condition. Includes 2 batteries and charger.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146442751552
Having watch it drop from £250 I've just secured this for £165 so hopefully a mild bargain.
Arrived with my mate (free courier service, cheers matt) at the weekend and so far so good.Bought for my grandchildren so not used much and is in very good condition. Includes 2 batteries and charger.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146442751552
Having watch it drop from £250 I've just secured this for £165 so hopefully a mild bargain.
Its the £420 12v version not the £565 24v version, so presumably 3.5/6.8kph rather than 4/8.2kmph, but given currently if anything its a bit fast for her to learn to steer thats probably a good thing and presumably identical underpinnings to the gator. I certainly can't see us needed the second speed for a while! Not even used one battery let along the second yet, but nice to have two and easy to swap for a generic too.
https://italianbatterytoys.co.uk/2-seater-battery-...
It also has a pretend radio/sticker rather than a working one, first question as she gets in 'does it have music' she loves a good tune, but hopefully we'll get over that fairly quickly else she can stick the bluetooth wonderboom in the boot space!
Else maybe we can retro fit one!
https://italianbatterytoys.co.uk/replacement-radio...
Ive also got parts to make a 30m zipline arriving this evening.
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